Penholder.



PATENTED APR; 25, 1905.

L. MATTHEWS: PBNHOLDERQ APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. 1904.

inventor L/NA MATT/1E W5 389 Q a f I I mtomeg witnesses No.788,e13.

NITED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

LINA MATTHEWS, OF ROSEWOOD, TEXAS.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Le e s Pa e N 788,413, dated April 25,1905.

' Application filed October 8, 1904:. Serial No. 227,637-

To til whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LINA MATTHEWS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,- residing at Rosewood, in the county of Upshur and State ofTexas, have invented a certain new and useful Penholder, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to penholders of the type embodying means forfacilitating the extraction of a pen-point without the necessity ofhandling the same, thereby preventing the soiling of the fingers.

Tothis end the invention contemplates a simple and practical form ofpenholder attachment for penholders which-comprises simple and effectualmeans for releasing and ejecting a pen-point without handling the samewhile at the same time providing for firmly holding the pen-point inplace and also for maintain inga firm seating of the spring member insuch way as to prevent displacing the latter and also to assist inmaintaining the pen-bearing section upon the handle stem or stock.

With these and other objects in view, the

nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, theinvention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, as herein fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential feature of the invention residing in the construction forcarrying out the object above indicated is susceptible to somestructural change Without departing from the scope of the invention; butthe preferred embodiment of the latter is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a penholderembodying a spring-holding attachment for the pen-point, said attachmentbeing constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional View of the pen-bearing section of the penholder.Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is adetail plan view of the detaining-spring and the pen-holding platecarried thereby.

Like reference-rurmerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention no change is involved in theconventional character of the penholder, which essentially consists ofthe usual handle stem or stock 1 and the tubular pen-bearing section 2,carried thereby. The lower open end of the tube or sleeve constitutingthe pen-bearing section 2 is designed to receive the heel of thepen-point 3, while the opposite end of said pen-bearing section fitsover the reduced supporting-neck 4, formed at one end of the stem orstock 1. The said reduced supporting-neck 4 is flattened at one side, asindicated at 5, to receive in the interval between the same and theinner wall of the pen-bearing section 2 the inner end of acompoundly-bowed retainingspring 6. This retaining-spring is preferablyof a flattened form and is arranged longitudinally within thepen-bearing section. The outer end portion of the spring carries aconcavo-convex widened pen -holding plate 7, conforming in curvature tothe lower end portion of the tube or section 2, accommodating betweenthe same and said tube or section the pen-point 3, as plainly shown inFig. 2 in the drawings.

The pen-holding plate 7 may be an integral part of the spring 6 orseparately fastened thereto, so as to be rigid with the same, and at adistance above the loweror outer end of the plate 7 the same has rigidlysecured. thereto the shank of a release-button 8, which projects throughan opening 9 in the tube or section 2 and is exposed above the upperside of the latter for convenient manipulation by the thumb or finger ofthe hand.

The bowing of the spring 6 between the release-button 8 and the neck 4of the stem 1 provides for firmly seating the inner end of the springover the flattened side 5 of the handle-stem, thereby firmly positioningthe spring and maintaining the plate 7 accurately in position forholding the pen-point. At the same time a spring pressure is exertedbetween and against the pen-bearing section and the fiattened side 5 ofthe handle-stem, thus serving to materially assist in retaining thepen-bearing section firmly upon the handle-stem.

When it is desired to release and eject the pen, it is simply necessaryto press inwardly of which fits with a spring-pressure between the seatand the pen-bearing section so as to frictionally connect said parts,and the other end of which clasps the pen, both ends of the spring beingdisposed at the same side of the pen-bearing section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LINA MATTHEWS Witnesses:

T. S. MGNAIR, W. W. GRIDER.

